Taegu Air Base

Daegu International Airport 대구국제공항 大邱國際空港 Daegu Gukje Gonghang Taegu Kukche Konghang
IATA: TAE ICAO: RKTN
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce
Serves	Daegu
Location	Dong District, Daegu, South Korea
Elevation AMSL	116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates	35°53′39″N 128°39′32″E / 35.89417°N 128.65889°E / 35.89417; 128.65889Coordinates: 35°53′39″N 128°39′32″E / 35.89417°N 128.65889°E / 35.89417; 128.65889
Website	www.airport.co.kr/mbs/daegueng/
Map
TAE Location of airport in South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13L/31R 3,124 10,250 Concrete 13R/31L 3,374 11,070 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Aircraft movements 10,997 Passengers 1,084,585 2,015 2,02,000 passengers
Sources: World Aero Data Korea Airports Corporation

1,084,585

Daegu International Airport (Hangul: 대구국제공항; Hanja: 大邱國際空港; Revised Romanization: Daegu Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Taegu Kukche Konghang) (IATA: TAE, ICAO: RKTN) is primarily a domestic airport in the city of Daegu, South Korea. The airfield also is a military base with ROKAF's 11th Fighter Wing based; its three squadrons are flying F-15K.

The airport chiefly has domestic flights with a small number of international flights. While the airport serves a growing metro area with more than 2.5 million residents, passenger numbers at Daegu airport have been declining since 2004, the year KTX highspeed rail reached Daegu. The 2013 number of about 1.1 million is half the number of passengers that were using the airport before 2003.

Taegu Airfield was originally developed during the Japanese Imperial period.

At the outbreak of the Korean War the airfield comprised a dirt and gravel runway and two concrete buildings. The airfield was designated by the USAF as K-2.

The airfield was used as part of the Bout One project – an emergency program to train Republic of Korea Air Force pilots to fly the F-51 Mustang fighter. The Bout One planes provided close air support to the U.S. 24th Infantry Division throughout July 1950. The Bout One force was redesignated as the 51st Fighter Squadron (Provisional) on 10 July and merged into the 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 4 August.